justaname1
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I run these devices to play media 1080p media content via VLC in-store synchronised via Google Drive. They are automated (via Automate) and only play content during opening hours. Outside of opening hours VLC is stopped and screen time out is enabled to make the television lose signal. Every day they run the same routine. No human control involved.
So over night the device is just in idle on the home screen (I can not restart the device because I have not rooted it, and I prefer not to).
However, after a long uptime, let us say of a week or longer, it seems the device just freezes up until I unplug it and re-plug.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is there anything I can attempt to mitigate this? I run it in 1080p resolution if it matters.
I know the device is old and is running Android 4, but to date the job it does, it does well, and we have a lot of these devices so it would be a real waste to just throw them out for this software issue. It is not a fault in the hardware, all the boxes do this. They are all running the latest "official" firmware (the one provided on this forum which claims to be official).
Thanks to anyone who can contribute in advance.
PS: I have run Washer with Android 5.x in the past somewhere 2019 times and the issue on there was even worse. It would freeze up in a matter of one to two days of uptime. I quickly stopped using that.
So over night the device is just in idle on the home screen (I can not restart the device because I have not rooted it, and I prefer not to).
However, after a long uptime, let us say of a week or longer, it seems the device just freezes up until I unplug it and re-plug.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is there anything I can attempt to mitigate this? I run it in 1080p resolution if it matters.
I know the device is old and is running Android 4, but to date the job it does, it does well, and we have a lot of these devices so it would be a real waste to just throw them out for this software issue. It is not a fault in the hardware, all the boxes do this. They are all running the latest "official" firmware (the one provided on this forum which claims to be official).
Thanks to anyone who can contribute in advance.
PS: I have run Washer with Android 5.x in the past somewhere 2019 times and the issue on there was even worse. It would freeze up in a matter of one to two days of uptime. I quickly stopped using that.
